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May 25, 2011 at 4:14 PM

Where is this chicken going? Why is he crossing the road? Supply the caption for this photo and you might win a pair of tickets to the Shawnee Celtic Festival to be held Saturday and Sunday at Shawnee Mountain. The five best entries will win tickets, but the deadline is noon Thursday.

Where is this chicken going? Why is he crossing the road? Supply the caption for this photo and you might win a pair of tickets to the Shawnee Celtic Festival to be held Saturday and Sunday at Shawnee Mountain. The five best entries will win tickets, but the deadline is noon Thursday.

Lou Barletta has had enough of people taking videos at his town hall meetings and posting them online, so he's banned the public from bringing cameras into the meetings. However, the ban doesn't apply to the media.

Did favoritism help Mount Airy Casino Resort get its slots license from the state gaming board? That's what a grand jury report released yesterday insinuates. Find out what the grand jury had to say.

Should Pennsylvania local governments be allowed to stop printing legal notices in print newspapers and simply post them online in an effort to cut costs? No, says the state's auditor general.

The cost of gas isn't the only thing going up these days. If you buy Starbucks' packaged coffee, expect to pay 17 percent more beginning in July.

Kinsley's ShopRite in the West End is about to get bigger – a lot bigger. The supermarket will double in size when it moves to a new building across from its current location.

Jurors in Luzerne County are deliberating in the retrial of a hitchhiker accused of killing a driver who picked him up almost three decades ago.

Authorities say they've finally caught the serial flasher who targeted women inside Penn State residence halls and off-campus apartments over the last two years.

You think you're having a rough start in your garden? In her Home and Garden blog, From Dirt to Dust, Marta Gouger says this spring has been the ultimate example of procrastination. She wants to hear from people who have been working in their gardens. Tell her about your garden at mgouger@poconorecord.com.

Today you are either deeply depressed or jumping for joy. It all depends on what you thought of Oprah Winfrey's long running talk show. The show's last episode is airing this afternoon. Will you miss her show? Take our online poll.

PopRoxLast call for anyone that wants to win tickets to the Lost 80s Live concert at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Sunday. If that's not enough, the tickets come with two dinner passes to the Buffet at Mount Airy too. Enter at PopRox, the deadline is Thursday afternoon.

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